Friday, 9 January 2015

First Christmas card of 2015!


Yes I am keeping to my resolutions so far and I have therefore made my first Christmas card for 2015. They are some of my favourite cards to make so I do find it easy to make them all year round, time permitting. I bought this cute stamp just before Christmas and didn't get round to stamping him, never mind colouring him. So although he is an older stamp he is new to me.
Image - LOTV
Medium - Copics
Papers - Carta Bella Bundled Up
Die - Memory Box snowflake, Nellie Snellen oval
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons
Other - Stickles

Challenges
Sketchy colours Great sketch
Graph'it Shiny and new 
Allsorts Cold and frosty colours 
Di's digis Winter 
We do Doobadoo Snow and frost 
CCAYR a Christmas card 
Crafty Calendar What's new (stamp) 
Sparkles Christmas a Christmas critter with a splash of glitter
Simon Says Something new (new stamp)
ABC Christmas Anything Christmas
Paper Shelter Winter blues

Far more challenges than I would normally enter but the card just fits so many of them this week.

39 comments:

misteejay said...

Fabulous card Marianne.
Toni xx

Pop's Cards said...

Good morning sweetie, this gorgeous, have a great day, hugs Pops x

Chrissy said...

Beautiful and very cute Marianne..love the bright colours and such a cute image.I love the pretty sparkly snowflakes too.

luv CHRISSYxx

pinky said...

Its lovely and bright and cheerful. I will have to try and do some throughout the year as I had to rush after Christmas and make new year ones instead!!

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Marianne, adorable image and I love those papers too.
Sue xx

brenda said...

Goodness me Marianne, that's what I call good planning and a beauty as well.

Thanks so much for joining in at Allsorts this week.

B x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Adorable image and card. Love the many layers of those gorgeous papers.
Lorraine

Sarah said...

FAb card Marianne, love those papers!! James looks like he's in his element!! xx

Mary J said...

What a great idea - I should be starting on mine too! I love the colourway on this one, Marianne, and how you placed the glittery snowflakes!

Brawny x said...

Marianne this is a fab Xmas card. Love the colours! X

Carole Pollard said...

Love the stamp he's fab and I love the design its all gorgeous love and hugs Carole x

Juls said...

gorgeous!!! Love the fabulous colours and the sparkle on his hat!!

Hugs Juls

cotnob said...

Such a lovely bright and cheerful Christmas card Marianne, fabulous papers.
Pauline
x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Cute card with these brigth colours, Marianne! Your resolution is good, In Italy we say "who has time don't wait for time"

Linda Simpson said...

Fabulous Christmas card and well done you for keeping to your resolutions, I have too so far :)
Hugs
Linda xxx

Allicat said...

Love the LOTV James stamps and the papers are just fab. Seems a bit strange doing Christmas cards in January but not as strange as doing them in July like we crafters usually do. Great looking card Marianne.

Hugs Alli Xx

cuilliesocks said...

Well done on getting your first Christmas card made and it's a beauty. sweet image and fantastic bright colours, love it Marianne, hugs Kate x

Anna said...

Really cute card!! Great coloring :)
Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge.
Hugs Anna

Lorraine said...

A gorgeous card Marianne, James looks fabulous.
Lorraine x

Christine Dol said...

You have such a good idea making Christmas cards a little bit at a time! You will be so happy when the busy Christmas season hits again!
I really like navy/blues/reds together! LOVE this card Marianne!

Crafty Mamma Mia said...

Such a cute card Marianne - love the image and the fab layout!
Helen x

Kat W said...

This image was far too cute to leave unused so I'm glad to see him on this gorgeous card - love the colour combo :-)

Big hugs, Kat xx

Wendy said...

Gorgeous card Marianne, adorable image and love the papers.
Wendy xx

Carol S. said...

My favourite James the Bear! He is so sweet and your card is lovely. Great colours. Have a great weekend. Hugs, Carol S.xx

Jackie said...

Wonderful card Marianne, and so colourful :o)
Jackie xx

Debs said...

Adorable card Marianne - love James :o)
Debs xx

Pat said...

Lovely Christmas card, great image and super colours, thanks for sharing at Sparkles Christmas monthly challenge.

Pat xx

Lynsey said...

Fab card Marianne and well done to sticking to your New Years resolutions!
Hugs Lynsey x

Nannieflash said...

Gorgeous card Marianne, beautifully coloured. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxxx

Penni said...

I love everything about this card, especially the cute bear.
Thanks for joining us in our challenge at Graph'It Markers.
Hugs
Penni ( DT )
X

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

Supercute Marianne. Love the mix of papers and sparkly snowflakes. Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Shelter hugs Susan x

Anet's Crafting said...

Gorgeous Christmas card Marianne, love the cute image and pretty colour combination. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round. We would love to see you again. Anet DTx

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Marianne, so cute and I love the sparkle.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
hugs
Mandy xx

Unknown said...

Such a cute card.Thanks for joining us at Graph'it Shiny & New challenge http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/
Hugs Susan xx

Synnøve said...

This is so cute! I really like image and the design. Thank you for joining our challenge at Sketchy Colors this week!

Craftdee said...

Awesome card! Thanks for joining in our "Winter" challenge at Di's Digi Designs Hope to see you in our latest challenge too Donna ♥

Sandra H said...

Oh this is just the cutest card ever what a lovely image and just perfect for our challenge over at “ Sparkles Christmas Challenge "Christmas critter with a splash of glitter “ good luck and hope to see you again next time Dt Member Sandra H xx

Helen said...

Awesome Christmas card!
Thanks for playing at the ABC Christmas Challenge! We hope you'll join us throughout the year!
Helen x

Helen said...

Gorgeous. This is one of my favourite images. Thank you so much for joining us at Sparkles Christmas Challenges for our first challenge of 2015. Good luck and hope to see you again soon.

Hugs Helen P (DT) x